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Good morning all. We did know who Kermit was and now are stuck wondering about what he did to our Chet!
Rio – grumpy as you may be, you are also very smart. We like your idea very much. Some of us are already connected to others,but we have been thinking about Siber too and wondering if anyone contacts him “outside” our little world.
And we would care VERY much if you disappeared, you snorfeling little grumblebutt!

Dump!… We had an unexpected snow storm through the night….snort!… They said it would stay in the mountains. Wrong! My friend’s drive into the busy place was a nightmare. No plows out because the weathermen mucked up big time….grunt!…She was fit to be tied when she finally got there….snuff!…I think the five unplowed Roundabouts put her over the edge completely….grump! …. I wonder if she will make it home tonight in time to feed me…. gruffle!

Ok-fine Rio – we were just trying to make up for how wrotten the Kats are to you. But if it makes you uncomfortable, we will just keep referring to you as a snorfeling little grumblebutt.
Macy’s gonna love that one!

Rio: This was in the paper today.”Justified,” FX: Don’t mess with Raylan. Don’t touch the hat. Don’t sass back. And when he says he’s going to shoot you, believe it. Timothy Olyphant continues to be great in the lead role here, and the fact that “Justified” is more intriguing than its impressive freshman season is cause for joy. Margo Martindale was a superb casting choice, Walton Goggins is a gem and just think of all the Boyd Crowderisms we’ve got left this season.”
Question: Would “Fire in the Hole” be a Boyd Crowderism? Can you think of any other? I guess Martindale plays “Mags”. She is doing a good job.

Did you watch the show “The Riches”? It was one of my favorites. Walton Goggins was in it.

Dan had a wonderful time. He and my sister went to the art museum in the town down the hill. At first he was determined he could walk the whole time. After 50 feet of the walker, my sister got him a wheelchair. They were able to spend the whole morning in the museum!

They ate at a Korean restaurant and then came back. He slept in the car. He had a nap after he got in and he went to bed at 7. He’s tired today, but happy.

Melanie – come on down the hill – the temperature is fine….not. But at least we only have rain now – ice is over.
WE HATE SNOW!!!! It’s tuff being a corgi in deep snow.
Mama is indulging in her best cold fighting strategies – Irish tea, super spicy hot and sour chicken soup, and National Geographic tv – this one is about searching for Noah’s ark – some really interesting theories, and a question that we never even thought about. If the whole world was flooded, when the water receded….where did it recede TO??

We are worried about SiberH too here in Chevy Chase. We think Rio’s idea is an excellent one. While some of uc can communicate through our secret decoder devices, and some are fairly public because of their web pages like Stover, Melanie and Staff, there are still some gaps that need to be filled.

Also, Melanie, to answer your question from last night, that movie (with Anthony Hopkins) was based on the book. And while the movie was kind of okay, the beauty of the book was less the story than the elegant writing style, which is even more amazing given the fact that I don’t think English was the author’s first language. Also, Stover’s comment from yesterday seems to still be stuck in moderation pergatory.

Melanie: I’m glad Dan and your sister had a good day yesterday. Museums are always fun…..Musee d’Orsay in Paris….My favorite!! (I’ve been watching a series from Netflix called Impressionists–enacted biographies based on letters, interviews from the period and bios. Richard Armitage plays Monet.) Should we discuss Impressionism?

Wookie: My comment yesterday was that I really like the book. I also enjoyed the movie but it’s been a long time since I saw it. I like Emma Thompson who was also in it.

I love Skyping with YSAS. It’s always so good to see his face. I could even hear the drip in his kitchen (unfortunately from the ceiling and considering they are not the top floor that’s interesting).

So he’s looking good. Wrote to one of his agents about a part over the summer that actually pays. She said she put him in but didn’t he want to try for something with a bit more money. Snicker, what does she think he’s been earning??

Stover!… Yes, both orders had free shipping. That’s why it is baffling to me that they haven’t sent each order in one box, instead of 4 boxes….grunt!….No wonder book sellers are going out of business…yeep!

Agent Molly!….That’s how a good agent works!… snort!…Good job. I wish someone would have answered though. SiberH didn’t mention any road trips for the Husky Rescue, did he? Or a family vacation?….(((sigh)))

And that got my mother to turn the computer on for me…
Thanks so much for being worried. I warned mom to let me try to get a message out. Everything is all right. Mom just got struck violently and suddenlly with the flu or a flu. She hasn’t been this sick in a long time, but she can see there is some improvement today.
I honestly believe that before today, mom was incapable of pushing the on button on the computer.
We love you guys, and thanks for being so concerned. Mom hasn’t chuckled much, but she got tickled at Mollypop’s mom finding our phone number, which is unlisted.
We will catch up on the blog another time…gee, we have missed Chet and all of you. Thanks again guys…you are bringing tears to our eyes. If my mom weren’t so sick, she would be in a lot of trouble with me over this. She is slowly getting better so she still she might get in trouble.

Liz: Yes, I’ve been at the Google art project…..It is great! Here’s the link to all of VanGogh’s letters recently published in six volumes by the VanGogh Museum. The online site is great because it has the letters translated and you can choose to have the original side by side. It also shows the artwork beging discussed in each letter and has great notes.

Thank dog SiberH is okay and hope his mom gets well soon. The New Mexico strain of the flu can be very debilitating, according to my dad. We are waiting for our copy of QB to arrive at the B&N near my dad’s busy place, so we may not have it until Monday. But my dad is finishing up Behind the Curtain in the interim. Wookie

OMG!….I don’t know what I am more happy about between my friend getting home “safely” or SiberH finally showing up….snort!… SiberH you had us all so worried pal. Because of you we are going to put in place an Emergency Contact Tree….sniff!…As soon as I feel like creating it….grunt!…I’m exhausted worrying about you and my friend today….wheeze!

Roads!….She came home a frazzled mess and downed a Corona pretty quickly, the quickest I have ever seen anyways….sneeze!….Then she said the roads were actually clear but really wet so there was a lot of splash-back. She had just filled her washer fluid, so no problem…..grunt!…Took off from the busy-place and got through those damned Roundabouts and hit the Highway….Splashback!….And lots of it, so tried the wipers with the fluid and only the Passenger side worked!….grunt!….So she had to drive home almost blind most of the way…..grump!….When she got home she looked at the place where the fluid is supposed to come out of and two little chunks of ice where covering each little hole….dammit!….She will NEVER leave that damn parking lot at the busy-place again without checking that!…sniff!… Today was a very bad day all around….sniff!…But now she is home, SiberH is okay, its Friday night and all is well…sigh!

Mollypop: Your mom is super sleuth. I was just about sure Siber H. had took off to join the Iditarod and his mom was chasing after. Get better soon, Siber H’s mom.
Rio: Your friend has 5 roundabouts to go through to get to work? Yowzer.

We had a phone call from a marketing company. We are on a do not call list, but it doesn’t seem to make any difference. Before I could hang up, I heard him say, “May I please talk to the occupant of the house that has had the latest birthday.”

It was only after I hung up that I realized I could have put Gracie on the phone! It’s her 3rd Birthday!

Quacky!….So MinPin and Stover both cannot see the inside joke….grunt!…. There has got to be something you guys are missing….sniff!…Remember, Admin can be very subtle and crafty in the use of his words….snort!….With this book he also has a brilliant Illustrator. Please tell me you guys know what kind of animal is playing Catcher on the Cover.….grunt!….Look again at the pages as if you are looking for a needle in a haystack…sneeze!…There must be something in there or he would not have mentioned it!….golly!

Hey, y’all! Mom just got home, but now Dad says it’s time to eat supper. I’m going to have to go in and supervise cleaning any dropsies — accidental or on purpose! But I wanted to say a quick get well to SiberH’s Mom and a welcome home to Rio’s friend!

Rio: I thought the same thing about that picture! I wish I knew what kind of dog that is — maybe a long-lost cousin?

Melanie: Mom got mad the other day. A guy from a fundraising organization called, and when Mom said sorry but she wasn’t interested, he said, “OK, I’ll be brief then.” Mom said, more firmly, that she wasn’t interested and hung up on the guy. Sheesh, what part of “I’m not interested” did he not understand?!

Wolfie!…It’s up to you to Tonight to find the Inside Joke….snort!snort!… Please don’t let us down! Don’t tell us what it is, just say “you get it”…heh! … I know it is in there somewhere. Damn, I wish I had my copy right now….grunt!

Thank Dog Mr Husky checked in. And I am really glad I got the flu shot this year. 3 sick adults and 2 sick children were in the office today. I loaned the preparers my sterile wipes and Antiseptic hand rub from the hospital. Yikes it is bad out there folks!

And Mr Husky you don’t have to answer my email.
Take care of yourself. Hot water with lemon and soup and stay warm.

Wolfie,
I too love bejeweled. I used it to calm myself down before I took my blood pressure before I started the low salt diet. I much prefer it to the diet, but it doesn’t work nearly as well. I have gotten over 500,000 once or twice. I rarely get to level 7. I can get to level 5 a lot, and if I get to level 6 I am happy.
I only use the online game, I am too cheap to download and pay for it.
I have a rule that I can only play 2 games at a time. Hard to keep some days.
Staff.

Stover!…One thing?…snort!…hmmm. You have a sharp eye, so study that one thing and pretend you are Sherlock Holmes and well, whatever…heh!… I’m totally disturbed that I didn’t pre-order sooner…grump!

Staff!….Darlin’ you must be mighty careful. We don’t want you to get sick by gosh!…gruff!…Wear your face-mask at work if you have to. It sounds like you really should Have Too!…grump! ….Sick people make me sick…sneeze!

Bejeweled!… My friend had that waste-of-time training class a few weeks ago and the guy she was sitting next to played Bejeweled the whole time ….snort!…She watched him get to level 12 or 13 in a few short-but long boring hours…heh! snorkel!…It was almost hypnotizing the way he played so quickly…snort!…She is the one person this guy is nice to. He is sweet as can be to her but rude and contemptible to everyone else in the dept, unless they are:
1. Guys who love the exact same sports he does.
2. The Manager, who loves him cause he is so smart …cough!…Yes, he is very intelligent and he gives my friend secret knowledge about a certain stupid software program they have to use and abuse…heh! …She adores him for this!

I think I get the inside joke. But would actually have to check with OTAS and he’s working tonight.

I’m going to bed. My computer says it’s 1:19 p.m. and every time I try to change it, I get the wheel of death.

Two other things: While skyping with YSAS I saw some dude in a mini-van stop his car, get out with camera in hand. I knew the beaver was some where close. The beaver was, but this guy was stalking it to get a close up. Jeez, this is a wild animal, not Disney.

Second: While watching Lie to Me, it suddenly hit me what Tim Roth does when he is confronted by someone with an attitude and a weapon. I’m a long ago Psychology major (I’ve always told my guys it was so I could raise them, snicker), and where I went to school the Psychology department was divided into cliques. Behavioral, Animal and Humanistic. (10 guesses which I was but the first nine don’t count.)

Well, there were three of us who hung around from each department and we learned a lot from each other. The guy who was the Animal dude worked with large apes. When he was confronted with a dominate male, my friend would back away, arms out, face averted, and be lower than the dominate male. He would only look at the male from a lowered sideways gaze.

Lies!….We here haven’t watched Lie to Me in weeks, because we can’t find it!…snort!….Which day and time has it gone to…grump!…We thought it was on Monday night, but not this past week…sniff!…Last week we couldn’t find it either…funk!

Sheesh – what were you guys all so worried about – we could have told you Siber was ok. After all, he is the Dog who is Most Like a Kat…therefore, he has 9 lives too. We knew he would show up. (but we will admit we are releived that he did)

And Rio – just in case those dawgs were being too nice to you – we’re back to make your curly little tail tighten up. HA!

Stay healthy, all you guys, and feel better Siber’s mom!! So glad to here from them.

So far we are ok. And next week is March, so winter is almost behind us.

Melanie, Staff and Wolfie have our email and street address, but we are wondering if someone should have a master list with emergency phone #s. It could be strictly voluntary, and just for the few regulars who post on here all the time. What do you think?

Yoda!…Don’t get me started in Yoda Speak…heh!… I do lapse into that every now and then by accident…snort!…He is my hero and I do go to him in times of needing real answers…sniff!

Kirby!…We are watching Top Chef. The one with Paula Dean on it…heh!…She is looking fine these days…snorkel!…We love her but there has never been any way we can cook or eat her recipes…grunt!…One bite would be our total daily calorie intake plus the salt…grunt!…The way she looks says to me she doesn’t eat her own cookin’ either…heh!

Staff!…Be so so careful about germs during this busy Tax Season….snort!…We do worry about you getting sick, you know…sniffle! …Someone here is surprised that you are working so soon with the public at all…grump!…Those greedy Kats of yours can do without more toys or catnip if you don’t work…wheeze!

Phrew!…It just gladdens my heart to see SiberH posting again…snuffle!…What a scare he put into me…sniff!…After the news about Wookie, I didn’t know if I could take hearing more bad news about another guy here…sneeze!snort!

Yup – its Friday, and Mama says she’s no spring chicken to stay up late on a Friday anymore. ‘Specially since she is still sniffling with her cold, and she has to open the Crazy Lady’s business tomorrow.
So, welcome home Siber – get better Siber’s Mom – Good work Special Agent MollyPop – Staff, think Emergen-C or Air-Bourne – Rio’s Friend, glad you are home safe and sound – and last but not least – goodnight Grumblebutt!

Stumpy!…I do hope your gal feels better tomorrow after a good nights rest…snort!…So behave and don’t bother her tonight you two Corgis and all those wrotten Kats….sniff!…Let her sleep and get some well needed rest from all of you pestering pests!…heh!

Chef!…We are still watching Top Chef….Wow, what a hard life those guys have at least during the filming of the show…sniff!

Chef!…Thank Dog!…snort!…The one guy we have utterly HATED this whole season is finally gone, gone, gone, in a pit of fire!…heh!…Dale = Asshole, all season he has been an Asshole!. I wouldn’t eat a piece of steak if he cooked it for me….snort!…If I see him on the street I will bite his ankle and pee on his shoes…grump! …What an Asshole! ….heh!…We love Top Chef!,…snorkel!….When my friend was at her Christmas Party this last December, she met a real Chef, who was the boyfriend of one of her friends…snicker!…She asked him what he thought of all the foodie shows and he said he hated them. The only one that could kinda, sorta, maybe be true in the world of Chefs was “Chopped”…heh!…Funny, we never watch that one. Maybe we should….grunt!

Rio: We thought that episode of Top Chef was pretty dramatic — where do you fall on the “plagiarist” accusation? I think it was pretty skunky of Mike to “borrow” Richard’s idea, then to say it was OK because it just “inspired” him!

OK, Mom says I’ve got to turn off the computer now. The good news is that she has tomorrow off, so maybe I’ll be able to get on the computer — when I’m not watching her paint the chimney in her new closet. Or clean the kitchen. Or do the laundry. Wait — didn’t I just say she has the day off tomorrow? It sure doesn’t sound like it!!!